Streaming Data from TIBCO Cloud™ Data Streams


You can access streaming data from TIBCO Cloud Data Streams, and analyze it in Spotfire. With TIBCO Cloud Spotfire you can browse and open your TIBCO Cloud data streams directly in Spotfire.

If you use an on-premises installation of Spotfire you cannot access data streams from TIBCO Cloud Data Streams with the method described below. However, with an on-premises installation you can access them with a connector in a similar way.

To learn more about how to access streaming data in an on-premises version of Spotfire, see Streaming Data from a Spotfire® Data Streams Connection

Before you start

Here are some things that are required before you can access your data streams in Spotfire:

Directly accessing data streams from inside TIBCO Cloud Spotfire on the same TIBCO Cloud subscription

In TIBCO Cloud Spotfire, you can browse and select from all the data streams you have access to in TIBCO Cloud Data Streams. Your data streams are available directly in the Files and data flyout.

Note: Your subscriptions for TIBCO Cloud Data Streams and TIBCO Cloud Spotfire must both be in the same organization and in the same region on TIBCO Cloud to be accessed directly from the Files and data flyout. If your subscriptions are in the same organization but differ by region, you have to access your data streams using the Spotfire Data Streams connector.

  1. Click to open the Files and data flyout.

  2. Select TIBCO Cloud™ Data Streams.

  3. In the list of streams, double-click to open the stream of interest.

  4. In the Views in connection dialog, you can select which data to access from the data stream. Select the columns you are interested in, and then click OK.

  5. The final step is a summary view of the data you are about to add to your analysis. To finish and add the data table, click OK.

Troubleshooting

The TIBCO Cloud™ Data Streams button is not available

If you cannot see the TIBCO Cloud™ Data Streams button in the Files and data flyout, one of the following common reasons might be the cause:

There is a warning icon and I cannot open my stream

To open a data stream in Spotfire, the stream must be started and running. If a stream is not running, you can still see it in the list in Spotfire, but you cannot open it. A stream that is not running is highlighted with a yellow warning icon .  

Tip: To see more information about the status of a stream, right-click the stream and select View details.

Starting a data stream

  1. Open TIBCO Cloud Data Streams in a web browser, and in the list of data streams, select your stream. Then click Start.

  2. When the status of the data stream changes to Running, you can open the stream in Spotfire.

Note: Not all users have permission to start and stop streams in TIBCO Cloud Data Streams. It depends on your user role.

I cannot see any data streams in the list

If you cannot see any streams in the list in Spotfire, it means that you do not have access to any streams in TIBCO Cloud Data Streams. Depending on your role, you can either create a data stream yourself, or have a team member in your organization create one.

Best practices

When you use a data stream to build an analysis in Spotfire, remember that your analysis is directly connected to the data stream in TIBCO Cloud Data Streams. That means that to be able to use and view your analysis in Spotfire, the data stream that you have used must be available and running.

Be careful when you delete or stop a data stream in TIBCO Cloud Data Streams, especially if you know that the stream is used in a Spotfire analysis file.

See also:

Streaming Data from Spotfire® Data Streams